Biography Roland Wise

Roland Wise June 19, 1923 - December 5, 2005

Roland Wise was born June 19, 1923 in San Francisco, CA and raised in Brooklyn, NY.

During WWII, he was influenced by European art. From 1946-49, he studied at New York City's Art Students League, with Will Barnet and Morris Kantor. Wise was also influenced by National Academy-trained artist Umberto Romano, while working at the Romano Art School in Gloucester, MA.

He began teaching at the University of Manitoba's newly established School of Art, in Winnipeg in 1951, also earning a bachelor's degree in fine arts. In 1955, he joined the art department at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, NY. In 1959, he received a master's degree in art education from New York Univer
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